provincial

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For the Mother Tree Project, Ms. Simard and her colleagues worked with provincial and indigenous authorities, as well as forestry executives, to establish nine test sites across a range of climatic regions in British Columbia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

If a project shoots in Manitoba, for instance, the federal and provincial credits and uplifts can add up to more than 60%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

While previous opposition leaders mustered crowds of a few dozen if they ventured out of Budapest, Magyar attracts hundreds in villages, and thousands or tens of thousands in provincial urban Fidesz strongholds.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Last week lawmakers in Quebec voted unanimously to support a motion in the provincial legislature demanding that Rousseau step down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

They looked the same, but the dignity she remembered was gone, and left instead something small, a provincial eagerness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie